With the world battling a pandemic
that has killed over 350,000 people, access to information on COVID-19 is
vital. Since social distancing is one of the ways to curb the spread of this
disease, purchasing a hard copy newspaper has become difficult.
However, Kenyans can now purchase
several newspapers online using Sh20 of their airtime. This is after Safaricom
partnered with the Standard Group Plc and Nation Media Group to enable
smartphone users to access a digital copy at Sh20bob per issue.